Posts by riconeill

I have the same problem as soon as I boot I get the floating no video input and it continues to peep there is no key board and I can not get to bios I have been told it is the video card just plain old given up! get a new one!! is this true

What laptop is it? And what was originally wrong with it?

all I can say it is a COMPAQ presario
had it off my sister
just will not turn on freezes up on boot up!!

OK this laptop I have just got back from pc world and was ment to be fixed!!!
now the light comes on for about 10 seconds then off so i can not even boot it up !!
any one have any ideas what i can do so when i take it back i will be in the know.... and i will ask for all my money back and more for wasting my time
many thanks
ric

You may also want to see if Realtek AC 97 sound drivers will work to bring your audio back. I know in my case it did. Here is a link to them:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=23&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

OK just to let you all no I have cracked it ...Kraai you were right !!I have downloaded the
Realtek AC 97 sound drivers and then installed them but there was a bit more to it to get it all up and running.. first if you have installed new windows or done a recovery you must go into bios first and make sure you enable audio simple when you know eh I also found my ethe cable was not enabled.. anyway then boot back up and then make sure all other progs are turned off make sure your tray is empty now reinstall the required drivers...then set all your hardware programs to this new driver... test speakers now re boot all is well
many thanks
ric

iQon.ie X86-based Pc 3066Mhz Phoneix Technologies

SIS 661FX/GX Mirage Graphic

Audio codecs
legacy Audio Drivers
legacy capture devices
media control devices
video codecs
unimodem full duplex Audio device

and two I have loaded

sound blaster 16 or AWE32 or compatible (WDM)!
MPU-401 compatible Midi device!

hope this is what you require many thanks ric

thanks for the info
I got the pc from tesco one of those package deals you know the type..
windows is registered but windows is contained with in the h drive so I can only do a f10 recovery which is what I have done....but for some reason no sound device..
I am now heading over to microsoft as you saod see what they have..nice cheers
ric

Hi ,
I have have just spent a day on reinstalling windows after a major crash....
but now I have no sound... anybody now how to get the drivers back up and running..
is there a standard device to start? can install say creative sound blaster? any help would be helpful!!!! oh windows xp home is what I have

Hi , My name is Ric and I am a graphics illustrator by trade but seem to spend more and more time on the comp. More on the graphics than programing....so I have decided to try my hand at a bit of website building I shall let you know how it goes.. now I am off to search for a bit of code